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Free Brats, Fresh Veggies and my First Macaroni Salad

Hello! I know there are still some finishing touches to put on the blog, but I just couldn’t wait to get started and I think last night’s dinner would be a good place to start.

This past Saturday I was at the farmer’s market and picked up a bunch of little red onions since I wanted to try making a pasta salad and the recipe over at foodnetwork.com I was using as a guide had it as an ingredient. I also picked up a big bunch of asparagus, figuring I’d find something to do with it later. Next day I was perusing the weekly Pick ‘N’ Save ad and discovered a deal for a free package of Roundy’s bratwursts AND brat buns when you bought any 12-Pack of Point brand beer. I picked up some Nude Beach, free grilling stuffs and the rest of my pasta salad fixings and we planned to grill out Tuesday night.

I came home from work last night to the smell of charcoal heating up and went to work on my pasta salad to have as a side dish and to keep in the fridge for lunches and snacks. I used the recipe linked above as a rough guide, but basically did my own thing: about 1/2 box elbow macaroni, 2 stalks celery chopped, the whole bunch of red onions finely chopped, 1/2 bag of peas, 3 Tbs sour cream and 2/3 cups mayonnaise mixed it all together, seasoned with parsley, salt and pepper and enjoyed!

When the coals were hot, Chris was wondering if there was anything else to grill up since he hates getting the grill going just for a couple brats, thinking it is a waste of hot coals. That’s when I remembered the asparagus I’d bought and suggested throwing those on the grill, too.

Everything was delicious! (well, the brat buns weren’t so great. we will be paying for pastry buns the rest of the summer) The asparagus was so much better than anything we’ve gotten from the store so far this season, and the grill taste just added to that great flavor. The macaroni salad turned out just the way I’d hoped: tasty and refreshing. And our cold Point beers washed down our Secret Stadium Sauce-soaked brats perfectly!

It was a perfect early summer evening and we topped it off catching up on Parks and Recreation and snacking on more Macaroni salad. I can’t wait for summer grilling out and blogging!